The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, 1)

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Nathaniel, good to see you.” Dad was on his feet, grabbing Uncle Nat’s hand and shaking it. “We appreciate you doing this—we really do.” I got teary eyed twice towards the end with happiness. This book made me so freaking happy okay. I love middle grade books for this reason. 😭 They are so pure and fills my heart with joy. Ghastly people!” She threw her hands in the air. “One photograph is never enough for those beasts.” She disappeared through the door at the other end of the carriage, leaving the man with her dogs struggling to get them onto the train unassisted. Hear whispers in the dining car, find notes in the library and unknown passengers among the luggage, as you help Harrison solve the mystery aboard one of the world’s grandest trains.

You would have to look for a long time to find an engine more impressive and downright beautiful than this one.” Uncle Nat walked toward the nose of the train and laid his hand on it, patting it as if it were a horse. Sponsors Capita Reading Cloud have over 30 years’ experience providing innovative software for schools and colleges. Today they support thousands of schools worldwide with managing their libraries, engaging their students and promoting reading for pleasure. Alex kan ook geweldig tekenen. Zo te zien loopt er dus genoeg creatief bloed door de familie. Want zijn oom is een beroemde schrijver.Hal looked at the metal and wondered if his uncle wasn’t a little bit crazy. “Um, yeah—fantastic ironwork.”

Hal is an artist. He does amazing drawings of his surroundings and his drawings actually help him to notice clues pertaining to the mystery. The book contains his drawings and I found the illustrations added a lot to the overall presentation of the story. I expect there’ll be lots of ceremonial pomp.” Uncle Nat winked at Hal. “This will be a journey you’ll remember for the rest of your life.” De Juwelendief is het eerste deel in de nieuwe spannende kinderboeken serie "Dader op het spoor" geschreven door M.G. Leonard en Sam Sedgman. De illustraties in het boek zijn ontworpen door Elisa Paganelli. De Juwelendief is een whodunit kinderboek die je letterlijk mee op reis neemt. At LoveReading it’s all about sharing book love and LoveReading4Schools is a critical part of this and one we take very seriously. As a community we believe we have a social responsibility to support time-strapped teachers and librarians in schools to help engender a lifelong love of reading in their students.A super-fun middle-grade mystery with steam-trains and samoyeds. I loved it! -- Peter Bunzl, author of Cogheart

Uncle Nat put his hand on Hal’s shoulder and leaned down. “Do you know what would help your mom more than anything?”The fact that these shortlists are judged by class teachers and can be heartily recommended to their peersmakes them particularly useful as co-sponsor Deborah McLaren, Director of Lovereading4kids said: “What a beautiful selection of winning books! Some of our absolute faves of the year; the UKLA committees and teacher judges have done a wonderful job of curating a stunning selection of quality texts and great reads to engage every age range. LoveReading4Kids and LoveReading4Schools are delighted to again partner with the UKLA to help encourage reading for pleasure and engender a lifelong love of reading in children”. We follow Hal who joins his uncle on the last journey the Highland Falcon is ever going to make. Not only that, but he is the only child allowed on board due to the journey also being part of the royal tour. Jewellery begins to go missing and Hal is the prime suspect due to him being the only child on board - but Hal swears he has seen a young girl on the train! Thus begins an adventure and a rather exciting mystery. Join Hal and Uncle Nat on the next stops in this thrilling series, Kidnap on the California Comet, Murder on the Safari Star and Danger at Dead Man's Pass. Keep up,” Uncle Nat called, as he stepped up into the dining car, passing his coat and umbrella to the head steward. Firstly, this book feels like a love song to all the train lovers. I do not like trains but you can tell from reading this book that the author truly loves trains, passionately. By the end of this book, even I fell in love with trains just by reading this book. 😂